Settling on a blog name

I struggled for a few weeks to decide on a name for my blog. I finally settled on Pearl of Dubai. I was reading about the history of pearling in and around Dubai and it made me think about the broader history of this section of the Persian Gulf coastline as an economic and trade center. Many people (including me) falsely assumed that Dubai just emerged one day from the desert sands. To the contrary, pearling and other forms of trade made this region a robust economic center even before the discovery of oil. One of my favorite reference sites UAE Interact can give more detail on this topic.